SUP Mag UK July 2018 issue 17 | Page 72

All the bikes, Bs: boards, Big Ben and the Words: Mark Hines This journey was a concept; an idea; a dream. It had evolved from what had begun as a plan to SUP the Danube, then coast-to- coast across Europe, then SUP from Big Ben to the Black Sea. Why? Why not? I was not particularly experienced at SUP but my fondness for SUP grew every time I paddled and I had fair expedition experience when it came to hiking, running, sled- hauling and cycling. s t a n d u p p a d d l e m a g u k 72